Do The Green Thing: Toy Story

Posted by andyh on 24 December 2009 | View all posts | Previous | Next

Worth remembering that 41% of toys will be broken and forgotten within a couple of months and discarded completely (rather than fixed) within six.

For last minute xmas shopping there's still time to buy NothingTM.

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The younger one's usually enjoy playing with the paper the gifts were wrapped in. LOL.

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morven_macaskill over 2 years ago.

isn't it! especially when most kids can amuse themselves for hours with a stick and a set of railings. I love the idea of toy rental as one solution: http://www.dothegreenthing.com/blog/rentatoy_this_christmas

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andyh over 2 years ago.

It really is insane how much money people spend on toy's when that's what could/would happen to them.

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morven_macaskill over 2 years ago.

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